rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 40 The trial operation begins

On the afternoon of the second day after Chen Li arrived in the county town, the barbecue stall was finally busy.

Although there were some minor setbacks in the process, the efficiency actually exceeded Chen Li's expectations.

On this "sunny" afternoon, the barbecue stall without any publicity, popularity, or promotion activities started its trial operation!

Normal stores will offer discounts or something when they open, but when it comes to Chen Li, there is nothing.

"Come and try my handiwork!"

Because it was a trial opening, and it was a trial opening without any publicity, Chen Li didn't prepare much.

The vegetarian skewers only include potatoes, lotus root slices and dried tofu, while the meat skewers include pork belly, tenderloin, chicken breast, bone and meat and chicken wings.

Fortunately, prices are really cheap these days, and with the help of the eldest sister of the group, otherwise Chen Li would not be able to build such a barbecue stall with just a few hundred yuan.

The barbecue stall has just opened. Of course, my family will taste the first batch of barbecue.

“Not delicious!”

"I'll go. Chen Li, you actually know how to cook barbecue?"

The first person to taste it was naturally Li Yuan who couldn't wait for it.

Poor classmate Li Yuan, since he was tricked by Chen Li into boarding the ship, he has invested money, exerted his energy, and helped out, but it is only now that this buddy has eaten Chen Li's barbecue for the first time.

This is naturally based on trust in Chen Li! Of course, despite trust, there is still a little bit of worry.

In fact, Li Yuan is not worried about losing money. After all, when he first decided to participate in this matter, he never thought that he could actually make money.

Rather than making money, Li Yuan actually cares more about participating in the matter itself. As a young man, what he likes is just having fun!

In Li Yuan's view, the result of what he is doing is not important, what is important is the process and its meaning!

Think about it. After school started, other students were all talking about where I went to play during the summer vacation, but I ended up here with Li Yuan.

"I'm going to do business with Chen Li!"

Tsk~! It’s very exciting just thinking about it~!

Of course, Chen Li's relationship with him also accounts for a large part of the reason.

Therefore, when Chen Li brought over the brightly colored and attractive skewers, Li Yuan was somewhat shocked in his heart.

You must know that he and Chen Li grew up together. Even if they are not brothers, they are better than brothers. To use an old saying, they are like wearing the same pair of pants since they were young.

So others don't know what kind of person Chen Li is, but Li Yuan knows it very well.

Everyone in Erlong Town knows that Chen Li often catches eels and sells them for money. But few people know that the first time Chen Li went to catch eels, he caught three eels in two hours.

No one knows that when Chen Li met a snake for the first time, it ran faster than a rabbit.

Don't ask how Li Yuan knew. Because he was at the scene at the time.

People in the town said that Chen Li was sensible, but in fact, in Li Yuan's eyes, Chen Li was still the good brother he grew up with.

But this time the barbecue prepared by Chen Li really shocked Li Yuan!

After all, whether he was catching eels or snakes, Li Yuan had witnessed Chen Li's changes, but this time it was like his brother suddenly became good at barbecue.

This guy is a bit awesome!

This was the first time that Li Yuan truly felt that Chen Li was awesome, even though Chen Li had better grades than him before, was more sensible than him, and was more popular than him.

But as a brother, he never felt that he was any worse than Chen Li.

But now, Li Yuan really feels that Chen Li is a bit awesome.

However, what Li Yuan didn't expect was that since he felt that Chen Li was being criticized, Chen Li would never look back.

Of course, this is something to talk about later! But the most important thing at the moment is to test Chen Li’s skewers.

Needless to say, Li Yuanyuan, this guy was already high, and the lady next to him had just stuffed a bunch of grilled pork belly into her mouth.

“Oh, it’s really delicious!”

To be honest, Chen Li's current level of skewers is actually that of an ordinary roadside stall, but in fact this is enough.

At this time in 1997, there were probably not many people in Erlong Town who had ever had authentic charcoal barbecue.

After all, these days, many people have never even been to the city, so how can they have the chance to eat barbecue!

Hmm. Teppanyaki barbecue doesn’t count!

That thing is called barbecue. In fact, it’s just what people in Huilong County call it. In Chen Li’s opinion, Teppanyaki is not barbecue at all.

Two things, even the cooking methods are different, how can they be the same thing!

Just like the eldest sister in the group, although this person has been to the city several times, she has never had authentic barbecue, so the initial contact is naturally more fresh.

In addition, this thing was baked by Chen Li, a boy who is only seventeen years old. The sense of anticipation is completely different from going directly to a barbecue restaurant.

“It’s really delicious, but it seems a bit spicy!”

In fact, not all people from Sichuan Province can eat spicy food. For example, Sister Tuan's taste is a bit lighter.

Well, of course, for the people of Sichuan Province, the word "bland" is actually just a relative term. You can't just hear "bland". What comes to mind is that the soup is clear and lacks water.

"Sister, please have a glass of beer."

"This barbecue! It has to be paired with beer or a drink."

"Otherwise, just eating barbecue would be a little less interesting!"

Chen Li poured a glass of cold beer for the group sister, who drank it without saying anything.

"Hmm~! Xiaoli is right, this is much more comfortable!"

After drinking a glass of beer, the group sister immediately picked up the second skewer, which was a skewer connected with flesh and blood.

"This is not bad. Xiaoli will bake a few more skewers of this for my sister. This one is more delicious than pork belly."

Everyone has their own preferences when it comes to barbecue. Chen Li likes pork belly, but Sister Tuan obviously prefers it to be more flesh-and-bone.

"Okay~! I'll go bake it right away!"

Although he promised, Chen Li did not move.

Although Li Yuan and the group sister both expressed quite positive affirmations, in fact, this does not mean much.

For Chen Li, getting the affirmation from his cousin Wang Xiaoqiang is the real affirmation.

Although Chen Li was average about his cousin's cooking skills, Wang Xiaoqiang was still considered a member of the "culinary community" anyway!

Getting Wang Xiaoqiang's approval is much more important than Li Yuan and his group sister's approval.

"Not bad, Xiaoli. With your skills, you can open a store directly!"

Compared with the affirmation from Li Yuan and the group sister, Wang Xiaoqiang's praise came more directly.

As a member of the Wang family and as Chen Li's cousin, Wang Xiaoqiang could barely be considered as having watched Chen Li grow up.

In Wang Xiaoqiang's memory, because Chen Li's father was a man who supported the country's golden rice bowl, Chen Li actually did not suffer much when he was a child.

Not to mention cooking and other tasks, it is said that Chen Li has never even washed the dishes at home.

This is actually a bit exaggerated. Chen Li actually washed dishes after he entered junior high school, but Wang Xiaoqiang's memory still lingered around the time Chen Li entered elementary school.

After all, he came to the county town to learn cooking after that.

So when it comes to being surprised by Chen Li's barbecue skills, Wang Xiaoqiang is actually the one who is most shocked.

It's not because of how good Chen Li's barbecue skills are, but because of Chen Li's change that shocked him!

Of course, this cannot ignore the reason why Chen Li's craftsmanship is indeed good. After all, the craftsmanship of the barbecue stall vendors that Chen Li believed was actually quite good in a small county in a remote area of ​​Sichuan Province in 1997.

After hearing his cousin's affirmation, Chen Li finally felt calmer.

Although he had a little bit of confidence in his craftsmanship, he felt somewhat guilty until he got affirmation.

After all, barbecue was just for my own convenience in the past, but now I have to make money from it.

The meanings represented by the two are different, and the pressure they bear is naturally also different.

"Okay! Then eat slowly!"

"I'll grill you some more skewers!"

"Riko, grill some more skewers of pork belly and two skewers of dried tofu!"

"Bones and flesh are connected. This is delicious. If Xiaoli bakes this more, it will sell better."

Something has delayed me today, so the update is a bit slow. There will be another chapter in a while. Please vote for me!

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